Train stopped after person on tracks, 20 passengers stranded


Audio reports a Blue Line train stopped between Cicero and Central because a person is down on the tracks. Power was cut and about 20 passengers are stranded, possibly in a nearby tunnel near South Central.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
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Transcript:
1510. 1510. If you give you any better information, there's a blue line train just west of Central stopped and it looks like there's a blue line train light about halfway between Cicero and Central, closer Laramie. But I can't get to it because there's a bunch of water by the tracks here. Yeah, the most recent update was that one. It's 720 South Central. We're going to try to give them a call right now. See if you get anything else from them. Yeah, there's no train at Central. There's one to the west and one to the east of it. All right, awesome. (name withheld). They're actually on the phone with them right now, but we just got another ticket from CTA. It says the train is trapped with no power due to the person down on the tracks. 20 passengers on the train. They're giving 720 South Central again. 99, we'll look at it and throw his fire. They said there's a tunnel, there should be by a tunnel. Lotus tunnel, yes. They say it's underground, it's that address. They're called it a Lotus Tunnel. Looking on the map, it looks like there might be where the solar panels are, about 55-55 or so, just a little bit east of that. I guess in between Central and Lockwood, there's a little tunnel that goes underneath the highway. It might be over there. Austin 31. Can I mobile with my partner? Austin 31's partner? Go ahead. Yeah, I'm going to walk. I'm walking the tunnel on Central. Well, I'm at east that way, too. 1520. Do you the power to the tracks cut off? Can't prevent it out? Yeah, they said they cut the power to the power to the tracks.
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Location mentioned:
Near Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130
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